suggested subscribes already, listen to process and will take you along to the right. what is it then i have the think more is terrible. nobody wants to will want to, if we want to prevent it, we have to let every potential aggressive know we are capable of defending ourselves. we can take you on up and that's what it's all about. nothing else under the lookouts that will actually exist a moving position possible and to be moved from the east thousands of the world zone to the i know that we've had a lot of missions abroad like enough kind of style of basic training guys and national defense submitted the down of course,

we've already prepared our equipment so that we can keep our reaction time short. if we have to deploy those things on the it's early february 20, 23 and $4.00. i told him a small town in syringe year the german armies 300 and 91st tons are granted. dear battalion marches in front of the cultural center. right tony, and as a partner town of the mechanized infantry battalion station didn't nearby bad cell phone today. young recruits are taking their oath. the battalion will be honored for its past appointments abroad in summer. another one awaits the soldiers. this time in lithuania, the state got the the into tell the members of this battalion are very aware of just how important the deployment in lithuania is of freedom and peace in the alliance area in the baltic region. in other words, where

a direct confrontation with russia seem, is conceivable. gone, that's good. all the money to buy the in summer 2024. some $150.00 of them will be deployed to lithuania for 6 months. so i, they will be part of the nato enhanced forward presence. battle group needs to be a form in the about 2 people on the group was created following russia's, annexation of ukrainian crimea. the f. b consists of 4 multi national battalions with over 1000 soldiers. each stationed in the nato states of estonia, lexia lithuania, and poland. their personnel are rotated every 6 months. these combat troops are intended to strengthen the 4 host countries militarily and deter russia from attacking. each battalion is led by one nation's army.

the nation in charge of the lithuanian mission is germany. the p battalion in lithuania, currently consists of around 1700 service men and women about 850 of whom have been sent by the german armed forces. while the others come from the netherlands, norway belgium, the czech republic, lexia, and luxembourg. the grunted years from bad salts and already were in lithuania 4 years ago with their aging murder, infantry vehicles. the a few days later were back in through india, in the cooper boys or mountains were a platoon from the 300 and 93rd pens or battalion from bad franklin housing is setting up a screening post. part of it, boston is on the screening post, simply allows for advanced visions for some 3 kilometers, a head of your own forces when we act. so this reconnaissance gives the actual line

more time to react. they get the same. the task on the front line consists of spotting and delaying the enemy until your forces have gathered at the nato level. this is also how you could describe the role of the north, the range you. a battalion in 2023. with a round 30 battle tanks it belongs to nato's very high reading. this joint task force, the v. j t f v j t. f was set up in 2014, in response to russia's annexation of crime in the year before. it consists of around $10000.00 soldiers and is the spearhead of the nato response force, n r. s, which has 40000 troops in total. the troops for nato's v g t. f and n r s are provided by different nato partners for up to 3 years at a time. countries take turns commanding the forces deployment time to any location within the alliance area must be 2 to 7 days. it's mostly land forces,

but some air force and navy to the, in the event of an attack on nato territory. it must be the 1st to confront the aggressor together with the army of the nato country under attack. they should hold off the aggressor until the alliance has brought in more troops of last year. the syringe and battalion receive new tanks for as operations delivered to a 7 v. one of the tank commanders, as master sergeant. josh, how does he see his units mission as part of the nato response force and the height and threat after rushes attack on ukraine? but i'm going to also assume that traditional district by 12, by that of course, we've already prepared our equipment so that we can keep our reaction time short. if we have to deploy it apart from that, we try not to make ourselves nervous about it. the only place where i notice it a bit more is in my private life. i'm enjoying my free time more and not just taking it for granted i, since i know in the back of my mind that things could escalate any time. a thing

comes in eastern europe, a war is raging, keeping it away from nato borders. is another objective of the armored troops from syringe here i just gave over and that through the state of coal square following the wall in ukraine very closely. and with great concern i think, you know, for me will, is something horrible. it came, stood when i see the fighting going on, that's what the russian troops doing for game and what it means for the civilian population. we said we might find it very, very frightening. that's what we have to state that clearly, and we're ready to prevent something like that from happening on the territory of any of our nato allies. this problem to say and contact the arm or troops from bad, frank and housing, the grant of 2 years from bad zeltzin and their comrades from the 37th pennsburg granted, deer brigade are facing a challenging few months. the it's spring in

2023. at the old mark training area in the german state of sax, me on health 1st lieutenant jordan, and his men from the 390. first pens are granted. dear battalion are moving to an outpost in the concrete for them. i mean, it's all, we're acting as a security platoon. speaking with my mission with the me is a bit different from my usual mission on the german army project. here we're providing security for the command post as well as the deficiencies. you will, blocking entrances, securing buildings, and calming, worried villagers. these are the top so the security platoon, all the while keeping an eye on the enemy. before long the security platoon receives reinforcements. they position themselves in the nearby forest, defend off a possible attack by enemy paratroopers. major johan is works in the battle groups command post. he's a member of the granted 2 years from bad. zeltzin german, dutch and belgian soldiers worked side by side around the clock here. each must

keep their own commanders updated the officer from the range. yes, as all nato partners involved are aware of the vala tile. nature of their upcoming deployment. in lithuania, very close to russia. and it's ally, bella, ruth, i kept us go through. yes, i think we have a high level of professionalism here. mind that everyone has a common mindset, ro, soldiers, and it's, you know, we've done a lot of missions abroad and luck enough kind of stop basic training laws and national defense could be that that's the case with all countries. and everyone is professional and fully prepared for emission. the meanwhile, a practice operation to delay the enemy is happening just a few kilometers from the command post. the granite dears are now slowly retreating, their planting mine fields. if a vehicle drives over the wire, a projectile is triggered and flies into the target to the body or one of 3 is closed. working on the 2nd and the minds are meant to by

time to rally for a counter attack. the whether defending or attacking german soldiers must be able to fight without a weapon. we catch up with master searching. josh, the tank commander from bad front and housing at a close combat course at the infantry school in hamelburg. but why does a tank soldier need to be able to fight by hand? it's also a head for the sake that they never have to leave the time, because that means something would have gone wrong. but the ability to engage in close combat is important for also just because you weren't always be sitting inside your time. thanks the course is intended to teach participants how to hold their own in close combat and train other soldiers how to do so. if i want to reach under the weapon, grab the shoulder rest, just like i did to my turn,

the weapon 180 degrees, then use it to punch either to the face or neck of the enemy and stalls. hold on slot, and fight for fitness. get ready from the cross of the training is meant to push soldiers to their limits. quick call from the forest and take the trip desktop or josh, stand up for folks $1.00 to $1.00 step on it again. come on. oh god. that's right through the state together. pick up the pace, guys get on with it. and pete 5 to come on now. oh the fun with it. pulled up and set up solutions. stone and to me so i think keep it up and keep it on the moon. 7 the enemy neutralized you to something to take the pistol. what was the website? so it says find the enemy, does

a neutralize to a model. they only get up here, but the the goal is on the head. as it is, the next station simulates combat against several people. the goal is to apply the technique, but it's important to stay in the container for one minute. the cost of them and getting the same is sitting in the tank. when you're fighting and come, it's uncomfortable and then come in here. you just notice it more in your own body . when you have to fight as a couple, dave off for attackers who was on the cell, but we managed in the end and was on them. so we've successfully completed this part of the training to offer and we'll have what kind of stuff the granite dears and beds old thing and also continue their training through the spring and summer

major, your highness in his unit to prepare for nuclear biological and chemical warfare the soldiers donna full protection kit, they train in a closed room with irritant gas. in addition to the physical strain, the soldiers have to deal with a mental pressure. the goal is to show the men of the care work. so what i'm off fitness, a jewel must take it with you and take good care of it, then you'll be well equipped. meanwhile, 1st lieutenant jordan is on the firing range. as of the pistol disciplines that which is a pistol is basically our 2nd weapons and money. these. in other words, if my g 36 jams or i find myself in close quarters or urban combat, the p e is a better choice than the big bulky rifle. for glad to was fairly the bill the granted years have gotten some new equipment. assign things are changing in the

wake of the ukraine war. honestly, some old ones. um, i'm always though, so starting from the top. this is our combat. tell them that we have. here's the very latest version, right? so i think it has the same level of protection as the old version. but here i have the option of wearing my pelt. here's my hearing protection underneath that, the ones on the cotton con, despite it's going by 20 our mobile whole direct fire up to 762 seems like a some body armor will also snow traffic off of advice, policy, fish, company load on nevada to defend this is all new equipment let's we've had it since last year and we're very happy with it. the in bad front and housing precision is needed for master sergeant josh and his comrades. next task. they are loading tanks for transportation. they're destined for the italian island of sardinia, where the nato v j

t. f. troops are meeting for an exercise. the, it's early may 2023, and the v. j t f. troops have set up camp in the south of the island is over 2000 soldiers from germany, norway, the netherlands, belgium, the czech republic, lexia and luxembourg are participating in the nato exercise noble jump dealing with long and foster plant. let us go to the ultimate goal and the exercise has been planned well in advance to be a cost. so it's important to select the areas and to rang that a more challenging in terms of geography and climate. places that require deployment from c on the 4, and that's why this exercise planned long before pollutants invasion of ukraine takes place. and so didn't yet it will. but in principle, it could be almost any way. contest of the closet. well, as on the tank company from bad, frank, the housing has taken part in several training sessions and the last few days,

the commander braced his troops on the position of anointed trench barrier target. his troops had been put to the test here in sardinia, such as you might be a good advice. it's been down very happy with the boys and girls. i saw them. yeah, i'm. the terrain is giving us a bit of a hard time and that's on the material. but the point is to prepare for any situation for the nice, not just the training ground was terminated. as things wind down in the camp, josh goes for his usual evening run, fully equipped, it's his own initiative and a part of his preparation for upcoming commando training and hamelburg. 2 days later, it's time for the big exercise. the show of force is intended to demonstrate the full range of the alliance as combat power. apart from military personnel, journalists from all over the world have come. the scenario is this. the

enemy forces landed on the island. nato's v. j t. f. troops are alerted. dutch armored infantrymen are the 1st to move in. their task is to hold the enemy at bay until their own troops arrive. they receive back up from norwegian, snipers and artillery norwegian mechanized infantry follows in their armored personnel carriers next, the norwegian and german leper tanks to engage the enemy the the ground troops receive air support from tiger attack helicopters the the battle lasts about an hour. the time it takes to repel the enemy. in today's

demonstration, as the generals are pleased, including the head of the regional nato headquarters in naples sizes, that's a clear message to any potential adversary about the strength of the nato alliance . and again, i stress defensive alliance with a 360 degree view of any threat that may arise. but it is meant to be a strong signal to any potential adversary. it's the end of june 2023 in florida. huda in the 3rd engine forest civilians doing to bid farewell to the soldiers who will soon be heading to lithuania to join the forces. the unit is prepared for the 6 month deployment. the commander makes clear, the emissions important. the fed he gives you lock in the tones to this duration of to involve a cleaning called the strategic position of lithuania. is of course, also very critical due to the enclave of leaving crowd on the one hand and better

roost on the other. again. as a result, we are very aware that the baltic states, including with the wayne you feel the threat from russia much more strongly than we do. we finished erica and seen. i stuff that one snowfall is to in the beginning of august, around 150 granted years will be heading to the baltic states. today they are presented with some keep 6 a few weeks after the exercise in sardinia, the tank troops from bad franklin housing are back to training this time in saxony . more firing practice for commander josh and his comrades. a leopard to carry almost 40 grenades. today they are firing training grenades with a concrete head. the platoons fire separately for tanks at a time. and tier 2 just as in sardinia. it's all about the defense. yeah, success of young 5 move out into the 1st attacking forces are worn down by us in

what we call a delaying operation. in other words, we slow down the enemy's attack. and the 2 weeks they've been in saxony, the tankers have fired countless shells of live ammunition the local district administrator pays a visit to the troops. she is joined by the mayor of bad franklin, housing, and other politicians. they are allowed to watch the firing and taken some interesting facts about tank shells. sides of sorta. this is the 2nd type. it's not quite as heavy. oh, pushy. then you can also fire the munitions to really designate some impact to the target and causes the damage or the, or you can, for example, m p, find the munitions that tube so that it designates what the delay. oh, well, this is unique to the seventy's and 1000 can solve firing around from

a main battle tank is also part of the program for the visitors. of course, it's also a bit cramped at 1st. from the outside the tank look so big, that's fine. but once you're inside, you realize that everything has been planned down to the last centimeter. yes, exactly. everything has its place. well, because you like to. thank you for the commander such visits are chance to network with politicians. really is, isn't my good, but it's certainly always good when politicians have direct insight, a new hire, the troops work and what they're talking about. so you could see is a bit of low b engelby of i even though this is regional, what do you think? it also has an impact at the state and federal level. and the district administrator tells us that she also sees her visit as recognition and appreciation for the soldiers and what they are prepared to do for the community. in brooklyn, lithuania,

the grant of 2 years from bad zeltzin and have arrived for their deployment on nato's eastern flank. they are preparing for a nighttime exercise. a field post is being set up. the platoon leader inspects his troops. this is a low count position, and my intention is if, if it's a pitch back here, i don't want to be fumbling around in the dogs that move closer to the edge of the forest so that i can react as quickly as possible. if an enemy is their mission is to keep watch and send off all enemies. in nato exercises the enemy is usually played by friendly troops. but here in the baltic, there is little doubt as to where the real enemies right is the nato. if the battle group is stationed in request, a town in south eastern lithuania, the location is of strategic importance. close to this to fall key gap. what nato calls the 100 kilometer long border between lithuania and poland. a needle spears

that russian troops could invade lithuania with soldiers from the colon and grad region, and bella roost. cutting off the 3 both countries from the rest of the nato alliance . this scenario is not at all unrealistic. in february 2022 russian troops invaded ukraine from bella. ruth platoon leader jordan has finished his patrol. he gives his squad leader some final instructions. it's going to be a long night to try to for the next day at the barracks, denver o clock, jordan and his platoon are preparing for yet another exercise near the bella roost border last night was a success of the of the done. we had our 1st and then be contacted midnight to detect the enemy's

scouting party and immediately captured into the north to the front of the number at the command post of the multinational battle group. we made major johannes again . today he is here as an instructor, shadowing a belgian infantry company counter attacking the enemy and assessing their performance of almost gonna be the why are we doing that just because it hits a try and defense of caution about. so you have to defensive attacks connectivity accounts of any defense. the highest means that if i stop the enemy in front of my mind, valerie or some point of it, and i don't want to leave in this. and this is perhaps also the last night that can be learned from ukraine. what was the goal of a host of beats when back the territory find that for defeat the enemy with a on succession lock. the exercise is also being followed by generals and officers from belgium. loads all the things you need to do off as a fide to get out of the deal as a. the belgian company advanced as slowly but soon comes under and re fire

the they like let me do so will there and then again, all of them. okay. the, the enemy wanted to prevent the blue forces from attacking with vehicles along this path because with that's why they blocked this road minds made. now of course on this mine field must 1st be secured by our own forces because we had them using kind of man is have to be deployed to and to clear the way for the vehicles that follow along the road we can get and i guess also the battle left some more than 2 hours afterwards. major, your highness evaluates the exercise with the belgian company commanders, and think the enemy actors from lithuania for their efforts. and i say is 2 days later, the syringe and pens are granted years and the rest of the battle group move to pa,

brought a close to the border with bellow roofs. over the next 2 weeks, they'll be practicing defense exercises with a list of weight in army. it's now mid october 2023, and nato is v j t. f. troops are practicing live firing and the luna burger high to in lower saxony . today in full battle formation, with almost 30 leopard to main battle tanks from bad front and housing, and 14 puma, infantry fighting vehicles from bavaria. the armor troops from bad, frank and housing will soon have a break from being on alert with the v. j t f. but the tension will remain division commander fund. butler follows the exercise closely at the beginning of the year. he was greatly concerned about the war and ukraine. how does he feel? now, as i asked my goal festival, we assume that it when spread any further to the west, if you the, and we can also see very clearly how the ukrainian soldiers not defending themselves very successfully. what i think the troops we saw in today can hold

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